Freevps installation on CentOS 4.1

FreeVPS is a software package used to set up Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on Linux systems. A VPS is a virtualized server that acts as a dedicated server within a larger physical server.

1. download FreeVPS Kernel, and FreeVPS Tools for RH_EL4 from the following location:

http://www.freevps.com/download/rpms/RH_EL4/

Download both single and SMP versions:

kernel-freevps-1.5-1.i686.rpm
kernel-freevps-smp-1.5-1.i686.rpm
freevps-tools-1.4-2.i386.rpm

*Note: A single processor version is necessary to satisfy the dependency requirement for freevps-tools.

2. Install the new kernel packages

# rpm -i kernel-freevps-1.5-1.i686.rpm
# rpm -i kernel-freevps-smp-1.5-1.i686.rpm

3. Go to the /boot directory to check if the kernel update takes place

# cd /boot
# ls -la

The new kernel is vmlinuz-2.6.9-freevps-1.5-1smp.

The old one look like vmlinuz-2.6.9-11.EL or kernel-freevps-smp-1.5-1.i686.rpm.

By installing the kernel rpm, the GRUB boot loader is automatically modified and stored in the /boot/grub/grub.conf.

4. Reboot the server

5. Check if the kernel update takes effect

# uname -a

If the kernel version is 2.6.9-freevps-1.5-1smp, the kernel is patched successfully.

6. Install the basic FreeVPS tools without the H-Sphere.

# rpm -ivh freevps-tools-1.4-2.i386.rpm